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Using OT History and Archaeology In Teaching and Preaching. Dr. John Oakes ARS October 30, 2010. IMPORTANT PERIODS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. Period in the History of Israel. Dates. The Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. 2050-1800 BC. Moses and Joshua - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Using OT History and Using OT History and Archaeology In Archaeology In
Teaching and PreachingTeaching and Preaching
Dr. John OakesDr. John OakesARS October 30, 2010ARS October 30, 2010
IMPORTANT PERIODS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL
Period in the History of Israel Dates
The Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph
2050-1800 BC
Moses and JoshuaThe Exodus and the Conquest
1450-1400 BC
The Period of the JudgesDeborah, Jephthah, Gideon and Samuel
1400-1050 BC
The United KingdomSaul, David, Solomon and Rehoboam
1050-931 BC
The Northern Kingdom (Samaria)Destruction and captivity under Assyria
931-722 BC
The Southern Kingdom (Judah) Destruction and captivity under Babylon
931-586 BC
Defeat and destruction of JerusalemThe period of the exile in Babylon
605-536 BC
Return of the captives, rebuilding of thetemple and of Jerusalem
536-440 BC
The period “between the Testaments” 440-6 BC
One of the Ebla Tablets about 2100 BCNahor, Terug, Abram, Sarai
Haran Ruins In Mesopotamian Plane Near Sanli Urfa, Turkey
The Five City League, including Sodom and GomorrahGenesis 14:2
Ruins at Bab ed-Dhra (Sodom)
One of the Tel El Amarna Letters c. 1400 BC
‘The Habiru plunder all lands of the king. If archers are here this year, then the lands of the king, the lord, will remain; but if the archers are not here, then the lands of the king, my lord, are lost.’
Black Obelisk of Shalmanezer III 840 BC
British Museum 2 Kings 17:3-6
The Sennacherib Cylinder or Taylor Prism British Museum, London (2 Kings 18) 691 BC
As to Hezekiah the Jew… I made him… “like a bird in a cage”
The Siloam Inscription.
2 Kings 20:20-21"Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah--all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city--are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? So Hezekiah rested with his fathers."
Lachish Room, British Museum
Israeli Captives Being Led from Lachish
Plunder being carried off to Babylon
Jewish captives skinned alive in front of Lachish Walls
Jews being led to captivity from Lachish
One of the Lachish Letters, 588 BCJeremiah 34:6,7
The Babylonian Chronicles
British Museum, London, 597 BC 2 Kings
24:10-17
[In] the seventh year, the month of Kislev, the king of Babylonia mustered his forces and marched to Syria. He camped against the city of Judah (Jerusalem) and on the second day of the month of Adar he took the city and captured the king. He appointed a king of his own choice there, took its heavy tribute and brought them to Babylon.
Yaukin (Jehoiachin), king of the land of Judah
Ziggurat in Ur: Nabonidus and BelshazzarZiggurat in Ur: Nabonidus and Belshazzar
Cyrus Cylinder British Museum 535 BCEzra 1:2-4